Guilford Middle School Newsletter Patrice Brown, Principal Kevin Granger, Assistant Principal Carla Flora-Ballesteros, Assistant Principal 320 Lindley Road December 2014 Issue 4 “Unleash the POWER of Tiger Pride!” Dear Parents and Guardians, Principal’s News As we prepare for the winter holidays, we are also entering cold and flu season, please be sure that your children are dressed warmly each day! Remember that students must be fever free for 24 hours without medication before returning to school if sent home with a temperature! Also, students must have a completed medication form on file to take any medication at school. Thanks for helping us all keep healthy! Notice the blue tape? We are working to reinforce our PBIS expectations in the hallways and cafeteria. Thanks in advance for supporting our schoolwide expectations! Interim reports will go home with students on December 3th. Thank you for conferencing with teachers and helping students be sure that students complete and turn in homework each night to reinforce skills. If your child is missing assignments, or needs additional help, they are welcome to stay for Study Hall on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 3:05-4:15. Parents, as we strive to keep students safe, please limit opportunities for students to walk home unaccompanied, even with written parent permission. This is especically important with shortened daylight hours-we appreciate your partnership! As we enter the holiday season, please take the time to enjoy special times with those that you love, and those who love you! On behalf of our entire Tiger Family, have a wonderful holiday! With Tiger PRIDE, Patrice W. Brown Principal School Policy: Classroom Visits It is our goal to accommodate parents in a way that will not disrupt teaching and learning and will permit us to maintain a safe and orderly school. Therefore: Contents Principal’s News 1 GMS Policy-Visits 1 Spotlight Breakfast 2 Clubs and Activities 2 Upcoming Events 2 Calendar 3 Athletic Schedule 3 In Memorial 3 Information 5 Lunch Procedures 5 Early Dismissal Proceduers 5 We require that parents, guardians, and visitors schedule appointments in writing to Principal Brown 24 hours in advance for the classroom visits. You may do so at [email protected]. Do not enter a classroom without signing in at the office. All visitors will be required to sign in at the front desk before they visit and sign out after their visit is concluded at the computer in the Administrative office A Visitor’s badge will be printed from that computer that you will be required to wear at all times during your visit. Parents will not be permitted to enter classrooms without an appointment and/or approval from an administrator. We invite you to sign in at the office and have lunch with your student in the cafeteria at any time. Page 2 of 4 School Newsletter GMS Reads 20 Program As part of the GMS Reads 20 program, here are our monthly totals for the month of October. Based on the submitted reading logs, as a school we read 71,972 minutes in October! Our top readers were: 8th grade – Evelyn Granados 4,688 minutes (top reader over all ) 7th grade – Zena Elsheikhali 2,715 minutes 6th grade – Vanya Backmon 2,595 minutes Our random drawing winners were: 8th grade – Sally Bui th 7 grade – Andrew Grubbs 6th grade – Ciera Johnson Random drawing winners will receive a CiCi’s Pizza coupon while our top readers will receive coupons & a gift card to Barnes & Nobel. The November drawing will be held December 12th. To be eligible make sure you use the GMS Reads 20 log app on your tablet and submit your minutes over the holiday break! Happy Reading! UPCOMING EVENTS 3-Interims 10-PTA Board Meeting 12-PTA Dance 12-Science Due Fair Projects 15-Science Fair! 19-Spotlight Breakfast PTA Membership Challenge Building Advisory Team Meeting PARENTS-Sign up to become members of GMS PTA. The homeroom with the higest number of current new members wins a SMOD Free Day! Students whose parents join will also win 3 paws! Membershps received by Friday, December 19th will be entered into the challenge. Our next Building Advisory Team Meeting will be held Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 9:00 a.m. in the Media Center. This is an opportunity for you to see the progress that has been made on the plans for the new Guilford Middle School building and to have input on the design and plans. Box Tops for Schools! Please continue to bring in your box tops. This is additional funds for our school. 17- Winter Concert December 22nd-January 5 Winter Vacation December Holidays Hanukkah 12/16-24 Winter Solstice 12/21 Christmas 12/25 Boxing Day 12/26 Kwanzaa 12/26-1/1 New Year’s Eve 12/31 Spotlight Breakfast Students The following students were recognized by a teacher in November. The next Spotlight breakfast is December 19th, 2014 Excellent Job Tigers! Julia Boes Amaree Brunson La’rion Oliver Vladimir Jerome Bobby Welch Jalin Thompson Tyler Butler Natalie Cortes Justin Harvell Gianna Howard B.J. Odufuwa Briana Rosales Tania Alawie Shamar Atkins Jesus Amaro-Hernandez Micah Herbin Jayden Joyce Dejuan ParkmanSincere Williams Keshaun Sloan Habib Daibou Mbaye Diokhane Azyon Marshall Lundyn Gray-Harris Teneij’a Baldwin Shainya Lindsey-White Jeremy Gilliam Alexander Nguyen Capitola Long Destini Meadows Kiara Sloan Taylor Tickle Mario Antunez-Arzate Jalin Benson Destiny Brooks Justice Davis Madisyn Laramay Caroline Manson Jhoana Ramos-Romero Stephanie Malpica-Ramirez Page 3 of 4 School Newsletter GMS Tiger Athletics Date 12/4 12/8 12/8 12/11 12/11 12/15 12/16 12/17 12/18 Event Basketball Wrestling Basketball Basketball Wrestling Basketball Wrestling Basketball Wrestling Opponent Eastern Lincoln Lincoln Hairston Northern Southern Kernodle Kiser Penn Griffin Location Eastern Guilford Lincoln Guilford Northern Guilford Kernodle Kiser Guilford Please congratulate your 2014-2015 Basketball Teams!!! GIRLS TEAM 7th Grade Taneij’a Baldwin Kailee Wright Kiara Sloan Keondra Major Gianna Howard BOYS TEAM 7th Grade Robbie Boyd Zuriel Minkins Rece Vaughn Dekwan Lawless Mikhi Vaughn Donte Robinson th 8 Grade Laniyah Oliver Carissa Wright De’Niya Gravely Farah Al Janabi Kala Mims Lonna Dixon Tikita Urey Jamaya Blanks 8th Grade Daniel Carson Ronnie Neil Tavonte Haskins Devaron Benjamin Kameron Page Managers La’Arion Oliver Aunikka Bynum Miya Simmons Jaimire Crowder KeAnthony Velasquez Sincere Williams Aaron Jones Time 4:45 5:00 4:45 4:45 5:00 4:45 5:00 4:45 5:00 Please congratulate your 2014-2015 Wrestling Team Adrain Powell Andrew Kearse Darius Jackson Jalin Benson Javon McCain Jordan Pressley Larry Rizo Mario Elcock Matthew Wood Susano Garcia Kevin Andino Christian Brown Dorien Benton-Elliott Zyon Horton Vodie Savage Pierre Watkins Zion Roberts Damontae Carney William Alling Game/Match Time and Admission All basketball games are played at 4:45 p.m. All wrestling matches are played at 5:00 p.m. Admission prices are $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for children. This edition of the Guilford Middle School Newsletter is dedicated to the memory of Deondre Milner and Bryson Tucker 2012113 GMS graduates. Page 4 of 4 School Newsletter SMOD FREE DAY th Our next SMOD free day is December 12 – Here are a few reminders: SMOD Free Day with 11 PAWS On SMOD Free days students are not allowed to wear jeans with holes in them. Please refrain from wearing clothing on SMOD Free days that shows tobacco use or vulgar language. Have fun and express yourself! Band Concert The Winter Band Concert will be Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the new gym. Come out and enjoy a great performance by our GMS band. SMOD Free Day Guidelines The following are dress guidelines for the PTA Dance and SMOD Free Day Only: Students will be expected to keep themselves well groomed and neatly dressed at all times. Any form of dress or appearance which is considered destructive and detrimental to the purpose or conduct of the school, or any dress which might, in any way prove embarrassing to the student, will not be permitted. This includes but is not limited to clothing that has pro-violent, hate, race, or offensive words/graphics. The following items of clothing have been determined to be unacceptable: Spandex knit pants/shorts/leggings, jeans with holes above the knee, tank tops/muscle shirts, mesh or see-through clothing, halters (or halter like tops) or midriffs, tops that expose cleavage are not permitted, tops must have straps that are at least two inches wide, hats (male or female), bandannas (male or female), hanging chains, sagging pants, chokers or wristbands (which could be considered dangerous), sunglasses, short shorts, short skirts, short dresses and track shorts split on the side, shoes with rollers on the bottom as well as other items deemed inappropriate attire by school administrators. Skirts, dresses, and shorts must extend down to the student’s knee. Leggings do not allow for shorter skirts or shorts. NO pajamas, bedroom shoes or night clothing attire should be worn to school. Profanity, suggestive slogans, and/or references to alcohol, drugs, or tobacco products on clothing are prohibited. Students wearing inappropriate clothing will be required to immediately change to appropriate clothing and/or call home for appropriate clothing. GMS Spirit Night We collected 2,400 cans for our Urban Ministry Canned Food Drive ! Thank you to everyone who brought in cans! The class winners were: st 1 Place – Ms. Spruill’s 8th Grade 2nd Place – Ms. Lawhorn’s 7th Grade 3rd Place – Mr. Azzu’s 6th Grade GMS Spirit Night will be held on Monday, Dec. 15 4:00 p.m. until closing at Ruby Tuesday’s on Wendover Ave. 20% of the proceeds will go to our school. Come out and enjoy a great meal and support Guilford Middle School! Early Dismissal Procedures Parents: If you are going to pick your student up early please send a note with him/her in the morning. This will enable us to have your student waiting for you when you arrive. We cannot guarantee early dismissal and transportation change requests will be delivered after 2:45 p.m. We know that things come up unexpectedly during the day but if something unplanned arises please call the front office at 316-5833 as quickly as possible. This will help us to avoid last-minute calls to the classroom and disrupting the learning environment. Parents of 6th Graders: After 1:30 it becomes more difficult to get your student to the office quickly for early dismissal. Please contact the office prior to 1:30 if you need to pick up your 6 th grader early. NOTE: The last week before Winter Break are extremely busy. If you plan to travel and need to pick up your student early please notify the office early in the day. LUNCH PROCEDURES You are welcome to come and have lunch with your student at any time. Our cafeteria staff works extremely hard to provide a hot, nutritious lunch for students each day. If you wish to bring outside food that is permissible, however, please do not place fast-food orders to be delivered for your student. Guilford Middle School cannot accept delivery of fast-food to a student at any time.
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